Singapore Women's Charter: Roles, Responsibilities and Rights in Marriage

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The฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies฀(ISEAS)฀was฀established฀as฀an฀ autonomous฀organization฀in฀1968.฀It฀is฀a฀regional฀centre฀dedicated฀to฀the฀ study฀of฀socio-political,฀security฀and฀economic฀trends฀and฀developments฀ in฀Southeast฀Asia฀and฀its฀wider฀geostrategic฀and฀economic฀environment.฀ The฀Institute’s฀research฀programmes฀are฀the฀Regional฀Economic฀Studies฀ (RES,฀including฀ASEAN฀and฀APEC),฀Regional฀Strategic฀and฀Political฀ Studies฀(RSPS),฀and฀Regional฀Social฀and฀Cultural฀Studies฀(RSCS). ISEAS฀Publishing,฀an฀established฀academic฀press,฀has฀issued฀more฀ than฀2,000฀books฀and฀journals.฀It฀is฀the฀largest฀scholarly฀publisher฀of฀ research฀about฀Southeast฀Asia฀from฀within฀the฀region.฀ISEAS฀Publishing฀ works฀with฀many฀other฀academic฀and฀trade฀publishers฀and฀distributors฀to฀ disseminate฀important฀research฀and฀analyses฀from฀and฀about฀Southeast฀ Asia฀to฀the฀rest฀of฀the฀world. 00a฀SWCPrelims.indd฀฀฀2 1/28/11฀฀฀2:10:29฀PM INSTITUTE OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES Singapore EDITED BY Si Sin ngapo gapore re Wo Women’ men’s s Char Charter ter Roles, Responsibilities and Rights in Marriage THERESA W. DE VASAHAYAM First฀published฀in฀Singapore฀in฀2011฀by฀ISEAS฀Publishing Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies 30฀Heng฀Mui฀Keng฀Terrace Pasir฀Panjang Singapore฀119614 E-mail:฀publish@iseas.edu.sg Website:฀http://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg All฀ rights฀ reserved.฀ No฀ part฀ of฀ this฀ publication฀ may฀ be฀ reproduced,฀ stored฀in฀a฀retrieval฀system,฀or฀transmitted฀in฀any฀form฀or฀by฀any฀means,฀ electronic,฀mechanical,฀photocopying,฀recording฀or฀otherwise,฀without฀ the฀prior฀permission฀of฀the฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies.©฀2011฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies,฀Singapore ISEAS฀would฀like฀to฀express฀gratitude฀to฀Konrad฀Ardenauer฀Stiftung฀ (KAS)฀ for฀ making฀ the฀ symposium฀ as฀ well฀ as฀ this฀ publication฀ possible. The฀ responsibility฀ for฀ facts฀ and฀ opinions฀ in฀ this฀ publication฀ rests฀ exclusively฀with฀the฀authors฀and฀their฀interpretations฀do฀not฀necessarily฀ reflect฀the฀views฀or฀the฀policy฀of฀the฀publisher฀or฀its฀supporters. ISEAS฀Library฀Cataloguing-in-Publication฀Data Singapore฀Women’s฀Charter฀:฀roles,฀responsibilities฀and฀rights฀in฀ ฀ marriage฀/฀edited฀by฀Theresa฀W.฀Devasahayam. ฀ 1.฀ Women’s฀rights—Singapore. ฀ 2.฀ Women—Legal฀status,฀laws,฀etc.—Singapore. ฀ I.฀ Devasahayam,฀Theresa฀W. HQ1236.5฀S6D48฀ 2011 ISBN฀978-981-4279-76-5฀(soft฀cover) ISBN฀978-981-4345-01-9฀(hard฀cover) ISBN฀978-981-4279-75-8฀(E-book฀PDF) Typeset฀by฀International฀Typesetters฀Pte฀Ltd Printed฀in฀Singapore฀by฀Utopia฀Press฀Pte฀Ltd 00a฀SWCPrelims.indd฀฀฀4 1/28/11฀฀฀2:10:29฀PM ...